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National Institute of Open Schooling 6. International Collaboration 6.1 Visit of President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning Sir John Daniel, President & CEO of Commonwealth of Learning visited NIOS on 13 November 2009.He addressed the officers of NIOS and shared his perspectives on the challenges and opportunities of Open Distance Learning (ODL) at school level. The issue of the creation of Open Educational Resources (OER) and sharing of materials by the member countries was discussed. It was proposed that before the year end a workshop on creating OER under global intellectual commons with participation from various Commonwealth Countries may be organized. Sir Daniel was joined by Dr. Sridhar, Director, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) who discussed the enormous media possibilities. 6.2 International Workshop on “Monitoring and Evaluation for Open Schools” Preparation to organise an international workshop on "Monitoring and Evaluation for Open Schools" started in December, 2009/January, 2010. The workshop was to be held in collaboration with COL to which delegates from various countries like Bangladesh, Pakistan and Srilanka and various State Open Schools of India were to be invited. It was felt that various issues and challenges being faced by the Open Schools today in India and other South Asian Countries were similar. Hence, deliberations on common issues specially in areas of Evaluation for and Monitoring of Open Schools were essential. The outcomes envisaged for the workshop were (i) an increased understanding of Monitoring and Evaluation, (ii) ability to write indicators as pertaining to their work in open schooling and (iii) to contribute to the Monitoring and Evaluation Framework. It was proposed that a framework on how to monitor and evaluate the activities of the open schooling system may developed. This would enable Open Schools to emerge as quality institutions in the Asian region to achieve the goals of education for all. This workshop was to be organised as the first programme of COMOSA as a good governance initiative. 6.3 Adolescence Education Programme NIOS is presently engaged in implementing Adolescence Education Programme (AEP) supported by UNFPA under the Project Title: Country Programme VII –Reproductive Health. In tandem with the recommendations of the National Curriculum Framework (NCF), 2005 which outlines that educational processes should engage learners in creating knowledge that is relevant to their experiences, promote healthy attitudes and enable them to think critically and respond to real-life situations in positive and responsible ways, UNFPA India supports the Ministry of Human Resource Development’s (MHRD) Adolescence Education Program (AEP). By building on relevant experiences of young people, the program focuses on enhancing life skills to enable young people to tackle real-life situations effectively. Against this backdrop, Adolescence Education Program (AEP) works through both co-curricular and curricular formats. 6.4 Commonwealth Open Schooling Association (COMOSA) Inaugural Meeting A two day inaugural meeting of the Commonwealth Open Schooling Association (COMOSA) held at New Delhi from 23 to 24 November, 2009 organized by Commonwealth of Learning adopted the Constitution of COMOSA. COMOSA is a democratic, collaborative and futuristic organization based on mutual refspect and committed to support Annual Report 2009-10 35
National Institute of Open Schooling the efforts of open schooling institutions to cooperate and collaborate in the development, promotion and introduction of innovative, high quality, relevant, equitable, gender sensitive and cost-effective programmes of school education for sustainable development in commonwealth countries through Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode of education. 22 participants, mostly Heads of the Open schooling Institutions in Commonwealth countries from Australia, Belizium, Botswana, Canada, Cameroon, Fiji, Ghana, Guyana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago, Zambia, Ireland, India, South Africa, and seven State Open Schools from India participated in the Inaugural Meeting and adopted the Constitution of COMOSA. Dr. Sitansu Sekhar Jena, Chairman, NIOS, India was elected as the First Chairperson of COMOSA for a period of one year. Other Office Bearers of COMOSA are Ms Fancy Amey from Botswana as Vice Chairman, Ms. Lystra Samson Ovid from Trinidad & Tobago as Secretary, and Prof. Desh Bandhu Gupta from Jammu and Kashmir State Open School, India as Treasurer. It was agreed upon that the first secretariat of the COMOSA will be located at NIOS (NOIDA), India. The office bearers of COMOSA were authorized by the members who participated in the inaugural meeting to chalk out the action plan for COMOSA during the next one year. It was also resolved by the COMOSA members that possibilities for developing Open Educational Resources (OER) in Vocational Education areas may be explored with the lead role of NIOS. COMOSA Journal of Open Schooling One of the significant developments of COMOSA was launching of the “COMOSA Journal of Open Schooling”. This is a half yearly journal of international standard in the field of Open and Distance Learning. It was a first step towards realization of one of the envisaged roles and functions of COMOSA. This Journal provides informational inputs about the concerns, researches and new developments in Open Schooling, especially in the Commonwealth countries through papers, research articles, research reviews and book reviews. 6.5 NIOS TO DEVELOP OER FOR VOCATIONAL PROGRAMMES The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) has decided to develop Open Educational Resources (OER) for Vocational Programmes to be offered at Secondary and Sr. Secondary (+2) levels. The educational resources will not only be beneficial for the students pursuing their studies through Open and Distance Learning (ODL) system at school level but also will be accessible for millions of learners interested to develop their skills. This will also help to vocationalise the curriculum of Secondary and Sr. Secondary levels across the Boards in the country. In a workshop on OER held at New Delhi on Nov. 26-27, 2009 jointly organised by NIOS and Commonwealth of Learning (COL) with its head office at Vancouver, Canada, it was resolved that accessing good quality educational resources to build capacity of millions of learners pursuing or interested to have career in various vocations is the need of the hour to make education relevant to them. About 40 participants, including 24 participants from Commonwealth countries, across the globe participated in this workshop and deliberated on various issues on how to make vocational education relevant to school curriculum. It also focused on the issue related to ‘copyright issues’ and steps to avoid repetition in development the materials. Dr. Sitansu S. Jena, Chairman, NIOS requested the participants from various Commonwealth counties to join hands with the NIOS in the mission of vocationalising open schooling curriculum and skill development programmes as envisaged by the institute. The NIOS has been focusing on development of Equivalency and 36 Annual Report 2009-10
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